Saturday 10 February 2024

10-02-24 Saturday - Black-necked Grebe

 Temp 7°C to 12°C - Sunny virtually all day with showers setting in after dark. A force 2 SE wind. 

Black-necked Grebe
Woodcock
Mediterranean Gull
Cattle Egret
Barn Owl, Little Owl
Merlin
Black Redstart
10-02-24 Cattle Egret, New Passage (Brian Lancastle)
Bristol

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Huntingford Mill:
c70 Siskin - high in the alders
10-02-24 Buzzard, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Oldbury Power Station:
11 Mute Swan - flew inland, 4 (3m/1f) Pintail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 f Black Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch

Aust 
STW:
1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap - in subsong, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch
Services:
1 Red Kite - west at 2:20PM

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Mute Swan, 12 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 220 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 250 Lapwing, 14 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat

New Passage:
20 Canada Goose, 5 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 9 Pintail, 1 Pochard, c.250 Lapwing, 60 Curlew, c.4000 Dunlin, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Merlin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush, 18 Linnet, 1 Redpoll

Severn Beach:
8 Shelduck, 25 Wigeon, 4 Oystercatcher, 17 Ringed Plover, 25 Dunlin
10-02-24 Kestrel, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar:
2 Buzzard (displaying), 2 Little Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 6 Starling (flock)

Yate:
1 Red Kite - SW at 12:03PM
Gravel Hill Road:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 2 (m/f) Greenfinch
Kingsgate Park:
10 Tufted Duck, 8 (3m/5f) Goosander

Chipping Sodbury Common:
8 Pheasant, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 7+ Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 6 Skylark, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 20+ Linnet, 2 Siskin

Stoke Gifford Bypass:
6 Buzzard - circling

UWE:
c.30 Siskin - east entrance

Shortwood:
2 Buzzard - being harassed by the local gulls

Downend:
1 f Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET
10-02-24 Black-necked Grebe, Portbury Wharf NR (Tim Mason)
Portbury Wharf:
Black-necked Grebe

Portishead - Battery Point:
1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Raven - flyover, 2 Rock Pipit

Clevedon, Colehouse Lane:
(WBS, highlights)  44 Canada Goose, 8 Mallard, 7 Goosander, 5 Moorhen, 40+ BH Gull, 5 H Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 6 Rook, 1 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 15 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail.

Clevedon, south of the Craft Centre:
250+ BH Gull and a few Common Gull.

Wraxall -Watercress Farm Surveys:
Route 3 - New Arable:
2 Stock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 30 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 11 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 11 Skylark, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 36 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 6 Dunnock, 50 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 2 Yellowhammer
Route 4 - Farm to Road:
2 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 15 Woodpigeon, 6 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Rook, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 11 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 9 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 1 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch, 27 Siskin

Kenn Moor:
Woodcock

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
6 Mallard, 17 Feral Pigeon, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 7+ Long-tailed Tit, 15 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 11 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
17 Mute Swan, 1 Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
2 f Goosander - footpath to dam

Herons Green:
Barn Owl

Out of area:
Kentish Plover still showing on Steart Island from Burnham-on-Sea
1 Swallow at Studland Bay in Dorset - said to be regretting it's life choices...

Reported by: Andy Barnard, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Ollie Fournier, Chris Gay, Anthony Goodwin, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Alison Hooper, Matt Hull, Karen Jayne, Brian Lancastle, Craig Lewis, Linda, Tim Mason, Nigel Milbourne, Luke Ozsanlav-Harris, Vic Polley, Mike Prior, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, Andy Stockhausen, Ben Sykes.